Leonard believes that except if a man is a dictator, no man will want a woman that is completely obedient to him as a wife, to him a wife is a woman with her own opinion and thought and not one that follows all his wishes like a dog, and also if he did not let her know now she will probably continue like that and also this except is something she did not copy from his mother, his mother is not that submissive of a woman, she will never allow her husband to control her actions and will fight back if she deemed the action wrong and that's how she was able to gain her footage in the Valerion family.
"So there really is no hope between us," Vivian said after thinking for a while, looking straight into Leo's eyes.
To be honest, she finds it quite hard to let go of such a handsome husband who is also powerful, although she is not in love with him but also dislikes him for some of his actions towards to original character, that doesn't mean she don't lust him, moreover who knows if she can find another character who is considered to be an ideal man like him to be with.
Duke Leonard was not one of the male leads over nothing, he was part of the creme De la creme, The leuhtaz empire had five men who were known to be the dragons among noblemen, not only are the five of them famous for the powerful background but also beauty and influence in the empire.
Number one on that list is no other than the crown prince, Kaelion Valcrest, Vivian's cousin who is also the future emperor of the Leuhtaz empire, even though the crown prince is Vivian's cousin, according to Vivian's memories that she received, she barely has any interaction with this cousin's of hers ever since they are young.
The crown prince is always busy with his princely duties and rarely has time to play with Vivian like his siblings and also he is five years older than her and later when he clocked ten, he joined the academy before he later joined the war on the borderline when he clocked fifteen and since he had gone to the academy rarely come back home which only gets worse after he joins the war, and whenever he comes home, it is always in secret just to meet his father, the Emporer before going back to the borderline secretly, he said if he should meet the rest of the family he will feel reluctant to go back to the borderline.
Even though Vivian and her cousin the crown prince haven't had much interaction since they are young, it doesn't mean that he dotes on her any less, one of his shadow guards is always there to protect her secretly and he is never for once stingy when it comes to showering Vivian with gifts, it as if he is always looking for opportunities just to send gifts to Vivian that the whole empire knows that the crown prince follows his father's foot in everything including spoiling the archduke princess.
Vivian can't help but wonder what becomes of the shadow guard after Vivian dies in the original, "the crown prince will probably have him killed for his incompetence" Vivian thinks to herself, "I wonder what the crown prince looks like since the emperor and the empress are so good looking"
even though the second prince is not as handsome as the male leads and the princess is not as good-looking as Vivian, the second prince is still considered as one of the most handsome men in the empire right after the five dragons and the princess still holds the title of the second beauty of the leuhtaz empire.
And for the second man on the list, he is other than Vivian's elder brother Vincent Aurelius de Rose Lomalot, the only heir to the Lomalot family and the next archduke of the Leuhtaz empire, with a face that looks exactly like Vivian's but leans toward the masculine side which makes it by no means feminine despite having the same face as his sister, he only looks manly with his perfect face and flamboyant red silky hair.
And the third man on the so-called dragon among noblemen list is no order than the man in front of her, her husband, the Duke, and the current head of the Valerion family which is also one of the most powerful families in the Leuhtaz Empire.
And after him are the other male leads of the Duke's passionate love, captain of the white knight order, Sir Damien and Priest Alexander respectively.
The first two men on the list are definitely a no-no because they are both her brothers, even though marriage is possible between her and the crown prince, she doubts that the crown prince will want to be married to a lady he considers his sister not to talk of the fact that the nobles may not allow the matter of the crown prince getting married to a divorced woman.
And for the two last men, even though she has not met any difficulties in the novel so far, who knows? She might have problems with the other male leads because of their obsession with the female leads even if that's not it, since she is not the female lead, she doesn't think that she might not be able to tame the priest that was described as a playboy in the novel or get the knight that does not want get into any messy relationship and only thinks of sex as a way to relieve stress to fell in love with her, if she should even get involved with them, it might be only for her to pass a nice time with them like other noble women they have bedded.
So at the end of the day, her unfaithful husband who might have fallen for her and feel guilty towards her is still the best option not to talk of the fact that she kind of lusts for him.
She does not know if she has died in the real world and that is why she was here, and she did not hope to die as a virgin inside a book like the original Vivian, she is not a holy nun like her, she craves for some meat because she has needs but she also has high standards for the type of meat that she will end up taking.